Royal wedding cakes reveal bits and pieces of history between their many layers. From intricately piped décor with special meanings, to symbolic cascading sugar flowers, these eye-catching creations have been making big statements since as far back as Queen Victoria’s wedding. So straighten your tiara and get ready for a walk down memory lane — lined with over-the-top cakes!

Queen Victoria was a "foodie" way before that was even a word, and her sweet tooth might explain her 14-inch deep, 300-pound wedding cake. Fittingly noted as "a great beast of a plumcake," the circumference of the dessert was a massive 3 yards! But while that is certainly impressive, the size of the cake ironically paled in comparison to its more delicate features, like the intricate sugar sculpture of the bride and groom.

Even though Queen Elizabeth is apparently a total "chocoholic," her wedding cake didn’t have a trace of the stuff. Instead, she and Prince Philip opted for a royal wedding tradition — a fruitcake. Made by McVitie and Price Ltd, the ornate four-tier cake stood 9 feet tall and weighed roughly 500 pounds (we guess Queen Victoria’s cake wasn’t so huge after all!) And the beautiful, intricate decorations lining the tiers recreated scenes from the bride and groom’s lives — adorable! Maybe Queen Elizabeth was the original Pinterest bride? Pinning that idea now.

This gorgeous, over-the-top six-tier wedding cake (a gift from the pastry chefs at Monte Carlo’s Hotel de Paris) was especially fitting for movie star-turned-princess. When the cake was cut — with the prince’s sword, naturally — turtledoves were freed from one of the tiers. It’s called drama, people.